what do you get for your parents who have too much crap in their house as it is? dinner gift certificates might not be met with appreciation if they're for someplace they don't normally eat. i mean cracker barrel is an affordable place to eat, but my parents think it's up one notch on their scale. they don't like restaurants like applebees that ( Read more... )

watching Today Show...Al's in the plaza and talks to a young mom holding a cute lil tot ( Read more... )

OK, PODA=plan of daily adventures. TADA=things all done apparently (ok, so i made that one up...dont feel like visiting www.flylady.net to decode it ( Read more... )

after a series of annoyances yesterday, i have decided that if i really want to do something screw the other members of my household, i'm doing it. little stupid shit that i ask for input on and i get 'whatever' attitude from them. or outright walls put up in front of me and then i'm dismissed ( Read more... )

overslept today because i went to bed late, but not AS late as usual. so much for leaving early to work my store and have someone else get the kids to school. my intention was to get a treat to C's schoolthis afternoon for his birthday. took a different route to the store because 95 was backed up allll the way from the first accident at the merge ( Read more... )

sis linked me to alton brown's site a while back and he's got his own version of an LJ sorta...his rants & raves page. http://www.altonbrown.com/pages/rants.html I don't feel like thinking or searching for the code to make it pretty. yes i'm being lazy. at any rate, there is ( Read more... )

forgot to mention...we are now no longer an active duty family. we are back on reservist status. now on to the next chapter in our lives.

so my 9 yo will be 10 in a few days. he informed us that for his birthday he wanted to go fishing at the beach. last night around 9ish dh calls the great friend C and asks if he'd take the dh and son fishing sometime between this weekend and next for the son's bday. at SEVEN THIRTY this morning the phone rings. 'hey man, ya wanna go fishin'. so off ( Read more... )

i have to wonder if my tupperware distributor is still interested in running a business or if they are just waiting for something to prompt them to retire. their behavior towards me seems less than genuine, and several people have indicated to me that they are not happy. i have seriously weighed my options and have not made a final decision. i like ( Read more... )

yes i'm up very late watching tv and playing online. caught the episode of in a fix where a family has not had a kitchen in over 10 years. it was gutted to redo it and never done. the wife got pampered at a spa for 3 days and her house was fixed. her husband asked if the 3 days was going to make up for 16 years. the house was built like a french ( Read more... )